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COMBE, or Coomb, a term particularly in use in south-western England for a short closed-in valley, either on the side of a down or running up from the sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

T. COMBE, bookseller, Has on Sale the best Literary Productions, in elegant and other Bindings, and every new Work of Merit may be seen at the Library as soon as published.

From A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers by Watts, Susannah